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Five Social Channels You May Not Know About

Ignite Social Media

Maybe Redditt, Tumblr and Snapchat. The microblogging site launched in August of 2009 and as of May 2017 had 340 million active monthly users. An article by BBC.com states that 154 million people use it daily with 91% of whom access it via mobile. How many social channels do you know about?

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An Introduction to Tumblr

Buffer Social

In the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, Tumblr is one of the more familiar alternatives people are exploring. What is Tumblr? Tumblr was launched in 2007 by David Karp and is currently owned by Automattic , owners of Wordpress.com and WooCommerce. And to engage with content, you either reblog or like a post.

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Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Brightkite: Email and SMS – mobile web is definitely the wave of the future. Making sure your site is not only accessible on mobile phones but can interact with them is extremely important. Which can be used as – a part of – a checklist, when developing the ultimate microblogging application.

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Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

And the more intricate your external efforts become, the more social, mobile, and interactive your website must become. That’s good stuff, but what makes the website truly great is the inordinate amount of social and mobile integration. Calling attention to mobile apps? Social and mobile profile calls to action?

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Top 20 iPhone Apps for Bloggers

ProBlogger

Just recently, the app was updated to version 8, bringing one essential feature suited for mobile bloggers: the ability to post photos that you’ve taken using your iPhone’s camera. If PayPal is the official financial service of bloggers, Twitter is the official microblogging service.

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How things are changing

The Way of the Web

I do still send greeting cards, and often mail eBay and Amazon items to people, but if I’m not using email/social networks, the phone is the personal communication choice for me (Either my mobile or Skype these days!). Is Tumblr blogging or microblogging?

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A Beginner’s Guide to Mastodon

Buffer Social

Some names may be familiar to you while others are completely new, but a quick search on Google Trends reveals that old or new, people are looking for the next, best microblogging platform. Source Tumblr ’s one of those familiar names and a popular choice — actor Ryan Reynolds made a public move to Tumblr.